Movable glass panel for television receiving sets



M y 1954 c. 1. PETERSON MOVABLE GLASS PANEL FOR TELEVISION RECEIVING SETS FiledjApril 2, 1952 IN V EN TOR.

Patented May 18, 1954 MOVABLE GLASS PANEL FOR TELEVISION RECEIVING SETS Clarence I. Peterson, Chicago, Ill. Application April 2, 1952, Serial No. 280,140 1 Claim. (Cl. 312-7) The present invention relates to movable glass panels for television receiving sets and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements of parts herein described and claimed.

Generally there is provided a glass panel for a television receiving set which in one form of the invention is mounted in a frame which is hinged to the conventional cabinet and in another form is slidably mounted in such cabinet. A novel feature of the hinged version of the invention is that the hinges are not visible when the frame and panel are in operative position. The device is such that glass panels may be easily cleaned on both sides without the necessity of removing the large picture tube from the cabinet as is conventionally the case.

It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide, in a television receiving set, a removably mounted glass panel for the viewing screen of such set.

Another object of the invention is to provide devices of the character set forth which are simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and yet effective and efficient in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide, in a device of the character set forth, a novel hinge construction forming a part of the invention.

Other and further objects of the invention will become apparent from a reading of the following specification taken in conjunction with the drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ment of the invention,

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, partly broken away, taken along line 2--2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of a modified form the invention may assume,

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken along line 4-4 of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a front elevational view of still another form the invention may assume, and

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken along line 6-45 of Figure 5.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, there is shown therein a television cabinet including a top H], side walls II, and a foreshortened front wall I2 in which latter wall ed conventional controls I3.

Above the front wall I2 and normally enclosing the remainder of the front end of the cabinet is frame l4 having afiixed therein a glass embodipanel l5. One of the vertical side members of is mountr 2 the frame It is hinged to the adjacent forward end of a side wall II as shown generally at IS.

The hinges I6 are each formed of an inner plate l1 affixed as by screws l8 to the adjacent wall ll, an intermediate plate [9, and an outer plate 20, the plate l9 pivotally interconnecting the plates H and 20. The forward edge of the wall I I is recessed to receive the plates l1 and the frame M is recessed to receive the plates 20. A masking member 2| is affixed to the inner side of the frame l4 and the cabinet has mounted therein a large picture tube 22, the forward end of which registers with an opening 23 in the masking member 2|. A latch 24 is adapted to interconnect the free end of the frame I 4 with its adjacent side wall II.

In operation, whenever it becomes desirable to clean the panel I5, it is only necessary to unlatch the free end of the frame M from connection with its associated side wall and swing the same outwardly upon the hinges Hi. It will be apparent that when the frame is in its normal closed condition that the hinges l6 are not visible clue to their peculiar construction and the recesses in which they are mounted.

In that form of the invention shown in Figures 3 and 4, the front wall l2 forms a lower horizontal flight of a fixed frame having, in addition, an upper horizontal flight 26, and a pair of vertical flights 2'! and 28. The wall I2 is provided with a groove 29 in its upper end and the members 28 and 28 may either or both be slotted to slidably receive therethrough a glass panel as at 30 or 3|, as the case may be.

In that form of the invention shown in Figures 5 and 6 there is provided a permanently mounted forwardly projecting frame 32 forming an integral part of the cabinet and a glass panel 33 is removably mounted upon the outer side of the masking member 2| by means of four screws 34 which each extend through an opening 35 in the panel 33 and are each threadably' received in the masking member 2|.

In each case, it will be apparent that the glass panel may be quickly and easily removed from its normal position for cleaning without the necessity for removing the picture tube 22 from the cabinet, as is now conventionally the case.

While but three form of the invention have been shown and described herein, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that many minor modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. or the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A television receiving set cabinet including a top wall, side walls and a foreshortened front wall extending the full width of the cabinet, a frame overlying the front wall and having vertically spaced recesses in the rear face thereof and adjacent one side thereof, a glass panel affixed in said frame, a masking member secured to the rear face of the frame in' rear of the glass panel thereof? o'neof-said cabinet side wallslia'ving recesses respectfully registering with said restrictive vertically-spaced recesses on the frame; a three-plate hinge interconnecting said frame and the one side wall in eaclipa'ir dfregisteringi recesses and a latch for connecting the free'edge of said frame to said other side wall? References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Balny Feb. 12, 1889 Bank Apr. 23, 1901 Pederson May 30, 1905 Hofman Nov. 3, 1914 Alamy June 13, 1916 McArthur' Dee. 21, 1926 Finnegan May'15, 1934 Busch Dec. 10, 1940 Marchand Apr. 13, 1948 Bace Feb. 27, 1951 Moricco May 13, 1952 

